Wang Jiadao () (1916–1992) was a

People's Liberation Army The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the principal military force of the People's Republic of China and the armed wing of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The PLA consists of five service branches: the Ground Force, Navy, Air Force, ...

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and

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politician. He was born in

Huoqiu County Huoqiu County () is a county in the west of Anhui Province, People's Republic of China, under the jurisdiction of Lu'an City and bordering Henan province to the west. It has a population of 1,640,000 and an area of . The government of Huoqiu Count ...

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Province. As a member of the

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, he participated in the

Long March The Long March (, lit. ''Long Expedition'') was a military retreat undertaken by the Chinese Red Army, Red Army of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the forerunner of the People's Liberation Army, to evade the pursuit of the National Revolut ...

. During the

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, he was part of the

Eighth Route Army The Eighth Route Army (), officially known as the 18th Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China, was a group army under the command of the Chinese Communist Party, nominally within the structure of the Chinese ...

. In March 1969, he was involved in the

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. In 1971, he was made Governor and

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Province after the dismissal of

Pan Fusheng Pan Fusheng (; December 1908 – April 1980) was a Chinese Communist Party, Chinese Communist revolutionary and politician. He was the first Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary, party secretary of the short-lived Pingyuan Province of t ...

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*山东省地方史志编篡委员会. 《山东省志: 军事志,》. 山东人民出版社. 1996年: 346页. *王中兴, 刘立勤. 《第二野战军》. 国防大学出版社. 1996年: 14页. . *王年一. 《大动乱的年代: 『文化大革命』十年史》. 河南人民出版社. 1988年: 188页. 1916 births 1992 deaths People's Republic of China politicians from Anhui Chinese Communist Party politicians from Anhui People's Liberation Army generals from Anhui Governors of Heilongjiang Alternate members of the 9th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Alternate members of the 10th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Politicians from Lu'an Deputy commanders of the Shenyang Military Region CCP committee secretaries of Heilongjiang People from Huoqiu County {{China-mil-bio-stub